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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the proper cure for any who have been touched by Shorty's death?
(a) Bringing out a shaman.
(b) Arranging for the proper Singer and Sing.
(c) Closing the smoke hole in the top.
(d) Tearing down the hogan.

2. In Chapter 3, Leaphorn makes the observation that days that begin badly end badly. What happens to make him think this?
(a) He has a flat tire.
(b) Shorty Bowlegs is too drunk to talk.
(c) He gets lost going to Shorty Bowleg's hogan.
(d) He can't locate George.

3. Where do the hippies in the commune sometimes give rides to Young Husband and Young Wife?
(a) Shiprock and Ramah.
(b) Albuquerque and Farmington.
(c) Gallup and Farmington.
(d) Ramah and Gallup.

4. In Chapter 5, approximately how many sheep does Leaphorn see at the commune?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-five.

5. What does Leaphorn bring out of the hogan that belongs to George?
(a) Odds and ends.
(b) A fetish.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A ragged shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, to what culture does the fetish most likely belong?

2. Who was Nashibitti?

3. Who says, "When the dung beetle moves, know that something has moved it"?

4. According to Leaphorn, what are the colors of dry country autumn where he lives?

5. What kind of lunchbox does Cecil have?

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